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Night procession at the Kumbha Mela with a dense crowd of devotees walking through hazy orange light. Many carry long poles with saffron-orange flags bearing a small blue emblem, and several women wear white saris with red borders and red shawls, some with painted faces and forehead markings. A decorated float or chariot with illuminated lights and ornaments moves in the background. Men in sweaters and jackets walk in the foreground. A large banner and a portrait are visible on a structure at left. No clearly identifiable a person is distinguishable with sufficient cues.

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February 10 20132013-02-10Night procession at the Kumbh Mela in Allahabad, dim smoky light and warm lamps. Many devotees walk with orange-red flags on poles, several with white painted faces and red or pink shawls. A decorated float (ratha) on the right is hung with orange marigold garlands, lit lamps and a blue canopy, with a figure standing near its top. Men in white dhotis and a man in a saffron-orange turban and striped sweater stand in the foreground. A small banner in Hindi is visible at upper left.2013-02-10Night procession at the Kumbh Mela on a wide dirt road lit by orange street lamps. A man in a dark jacket and light trousers, with white-painted face and a red scarf, carries a tall orange flag on a pole at the front. Behind him, many devotees in white and orange-red garments and red shawls walk barefoot, several holding orange flags. Behind them a decorated float or chariot with colourful ornaments and a deity murti is visible, along with tall painted poles and banners. The sky is hazy and dark orange.2013-02-10February 10 20132013-02-10Night procession at the Kumbh Mela on a dirt road lit by street lamps. Many barefoot men and some women in white dhotis and white shirts with red or saffron waist cloths march carrying tall poles topped with saffron-orange triangular flags. At right, a man in a black shirt and orange shawl walks beside a large white banner printed with a portrait of a deity and Hindi-style script. A decorated palanquin or ratha with lights and a deity figure is visible in the background at left. Several people carry a yellow-and-red ornamental banner. The scene shows a large devotional procession moving through the night.2013-02-10February 10 20132013-02-10A night procession of ascetic devotees walks barefoot along a dark road at the Kumbha Mela, lit by a distant orange lamp. Leading figures wear white dhotis and white shawls with red and orange cloth, and many have white-painted faces. The foremost man, in front, carries a tall wooden staff with a dark pennant, wears a white shawl and rudraksha-style beads, and has a white-painted face and a white badge reading Nithyananda Dhyanapeetham. Behind him, bare-chested men wear red and white dhotis, and a man at left wears an orange turban and orange garment. Many red flags and a large saffron banner with a red and blue emblem are carried high. Some onlookers in dark jackets stand at the right edge.2013-02-10Night procession at the Kumbh Mela with many people in white and cream ritual clothing walking among large orange flags bearing a blue bird-and-circle emblem, some flagpoles held upright. A man in the centre-left, with grey hair and a white forehead mark, raises one arm and wears a white shawl over white clothes. Behind them a illuminated chariot or palanquin glows with lights in the misty dusk, and a banner with red and white lettering hangs on a booth at left. A man at right wears a grey-striped cap and white wrap with red waistband. Strings of lights and a crowd of onlookers fill the background.2013-02-10A night procession moves along a wet road lit by orange streetlamps, with a glowing decorated float or chariot at the upper right. Many people in white and cream traditional clothes walk in lines, some carrying tall red and orange flags on poles. A man in a white kurta leads near the centre, while others in dark jackets, trousers and shirts walk at the sides. Some women wear white saris with red borders. The float is festooned with garlands and lights, and figures stand on it. Atmospheric haze and bokeh fill the dark sky.2013-02-12Night procession at a Kumbh Mela-style gathering, with barefoot devotees walking on a dirt road under orange sodium lights. Many people carry saffron-orange flags on long poles, some bearing a dark emblem. In the foreground, a woman in a black jacket with an orange shawl walks beside a woman in a cream and white outfit holding a flag, and a woman in white with a saffron-orange sash and a sadhvi-style cloth holds up a hand. A banner behind the procession carries printed Hindi text. The white-clad figures and saffron sashes mark the group as participants. No one in the frame is clearly identifiable as a person.2013-02-10February 12 20132013-02-12Night procession at the Kumbh Mela camp on a hazy, dimly lit road. In the foreground, men in white dhotis and orange-red cloth lead the group carrying tall orange and red flags on poles. A striped, floral-painted ceremonial pole rises at center. Several men walk barefoot on the dusty ground, one wearing white with a white head cloth and another in a maroon shirt with an orange-red waist cloth. Behind them, a decorated float or palanquin with orange canopy and banners appears through the haze, and devotees in shawls and saris line the background, some near a bicycle. Warm street lights glow in the mist.2013-02-10